Though I have had many teachers that have made me excited about being in education, two stick out most clearly in my mind as the teachers that made me want to become an educator. The first teacher was my fifth grade science teacher Mrs. Stevens. I had already been in love with animals when I entered her class, but she is the reason that love grew into a love for biological science. The way she would describe the inner workings of cells and organisms fascinated me and I was never bored in her class. Furthermore, she encouraged me to bring in my many pets for a show and tell type performance. She was very impressed in how much I knew about my animals and afterwords convinced me to continue doing my animal shows. After that I did animal shows throughout middle and high school for other schools, as well as for birthday parties, nursing homes, boy/girl scouts, and other functions. Performing and teaching many children about my animals really was the spark that convinced me I belonged in education.
The other teacher that inspired me to become a teacher was my high school chemistry teacher Ms. Jaroche. This teacher inspired me in the complete opposite way of Mrs. Stevens. She was the worst teacher I ever had in high school. She had no idea how to convey chemistry concepts in a way students could understand. She had awful classroom management skills. Also, she never actually answered the questions you would ask her, but instead would just talk around the answer making students even more confused. The only reason I passed the course with a B was by exclusively using the textbook. One day while I was staying after to work on a lab, I was listening to Jaroche trying to explain a concept to another classmate of mine, and failing miserably. After Jaroche left to "help" another student, I walked over to my classmate and taught her the concept in about five minutes. She told me I would make a great teacher and that I was a million times more helpful in five minutes than Jaroche was in a full hour of class. I knew I was going into the right field.
The other teacher that inspired me to become a teacher was my high school chemistry teacher Ms. Jaroche. This teacher inspired me in the complete opposite way of Mrs. Stevens. She was the worst teacher I ever had in high school. She had no idea how to convey chemistry concepts in a way students could understand. She had awful classroom management skills. Also, she never actually answered the questions you would ask her, but instead would just talk around the answer making students even more confused. The only reason I passed the course with a B was by exclusively using the textbook. One day while I was staying after to work on a lab, I was listening to Jaroche trying to explain a concept to another classmate of mine, and failing miserably. After Jaroche left to "help" another student, I walked over to my classmate and taught her the concept in about five minutes. She told me I would make a great teacher and that I was a million times more helpful in five minutes than Jaroche was in a full hour of class. I knew I was going into the right field.